Flights from Portland to Chicago

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Portland and Chicago from UNITED is the B737-3 built by Boeing with 120 seats.
• Gojet Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, American Connection, UNITED offer flights from Portland, ME to Chicago, IL.
• The shortest flight distance between Portland and Chicago is 900 miles.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Portland and Chicago.
• The newest aircraft servicing PWM to ORD in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.
• Flight #7266, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 24 minutes average delay between flights from Portland to Chicago.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Portland to Chicago in 2009 was 85.23%.
• Gojet Airlines carried a total of 51,604 passengers from PWM to ORD in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from PWM to ORD for American Connection is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Portland, ME to Chicago, IL takes about 129 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Portland, ME to Chicago, IL in 2009 was go Operated by Mesa Airlines' RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• 79,894 seats were available on flights from PWM to ORD in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 70,509 passengers flew on all flights from PWM to ORD that year.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operates the shortest flights from Portland to Chicago.
• There were 70,509 passengers that flew from Portland to Chicago in 2009.
• The shortest flight between PWM and ORD takes about 129 minutes.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operated flights from PWM to ORD using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Portland to Chicago.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)